in this Washington Post piece that went live this morning.
It is exceedingly well-written.
It is thorough.
He examines how his own commitment to activism leads him to this decision.
I am not going to go through all of this piece.
I am urging you to read it, and to pass it on to others for whom you think it would make a difference.
I will share a few passages that stood out to me.
The next president will continue to shape the trajectory of justice and landscape of opportunity in this country. She will be responsible for how trillions of dollars in federal funding are spent, decide how to ensure both liberty and security in an increasingly interconnected world and determine the path forward on health care and Social Security.
I am voting for Hillary Clinton.
Make no mistake, I do not agree with Clinton on everything. For that matter, there are few people in the world with whom I agree on everything.
But I agree with Clinton more than I disagree with her.
When Clinton started this campaign, she didn’t appear to understand the urgency of the need to address racism. When I first met with her in October 2015, she had not yet released comprehensive policy positions dealing with racial justice. She seemed slow to grasp why it was important to act with comprehensive proposed solutions.
From this McKesson spends some time observing how both the Democratic party and Hillary Clinton have progressed over the past year.
Clinton’s platform on racial justice is strong: It is informed by the policy failings of the past and is a vision for where we need to go.
It acknowledges the need to establish new restrictions on police use of force and militarization, invest in treatment and rehabilitation as alternatives to police and prisons, and protect and expand the right to vote.
Her platform signals both deep understanding of the challenges and a plan to move us forward. When I met with her last week, it was clear that she now understands these issues well at a policy level and that she has researched the implications of the positions that she has proposed. In this meeting, she spoke both about the context of change and the concrete actions necessary to open new pathways of equity and justice.
Politics is compromise, by its very nature. But we never compromise on our values and beliefs. I will vote for Clinton and plan to continue to challenge her on her platform and these commitments when she’s in the White House.
There is more, much more.
McKesson remains committed to certain principles. What he has written demonstrates how well Hillary Clinton listens to others, how willing she is to learn what matters to them, and to adjust her own words and actions to reflect what she has learned.
There is more, much more, of value in this piece.
I am sure you will appreciate his explication of what it is that Trump is doing.
If you were not yourself the kind of activist he has been, you will grasp the importance he emphasizes on melding activism with the traditional political action of voting, which has consequences.
I hope you will appreciate his references to the thoughts, words,a nd actions of others like Shirley Chisholm and Fannie Lou Hamer.
Most of all, I hope you understand the forcefulness and power of this statement of support for Hillary Clinton.